I found a rope to tie it up and was about to take it out, but Quentin rushed over right at this moment. He saw me throwing the quilt on the ground and seemed a little dissatisfied.
“What are you doing? Enough. Are you really going to break up with me over such a small matter? Besides, everyone in the village knows that you and I are engaged. Are you going to leave the village if you don’t marry me?”
I wanted to tell him directly that I was leaving, but I held back the words at the tip of my tongue and only answered flatly, “There’s rat poop on it. It’s dirty!”
Quentin’s expression relaxed a bit, but he kicked the quilt away in disgust. “Throw it away, then. Jenn is most afraid of rats. If she finds out, she’ll have nightmares again! I plan to postpone the wedding by two months. You have plenty of time to embroider another quilt.”
I lost my footing and was about to fall when I heard that. He immediately stepped forward to help me, but I soon heard Jenn’s delicate cry from behind, and then I fell straight to the ground.
“Haha! Elise is so funny. She still falls even though she’s a grown-up!” Jenn was leaning on Quentin as she pointed at me, laughing at me without holding back.
I rubbed my leg that had not recovered, stood back up, and limped away while holding the quilt.
“Elise, what happened to your leg?”
“Yes! As you can see, it’s injured!”
Quentin seemed to have finally noticed what was off with me and wanted to help me, but Jenn, who was whimpering, refused to let go. Just as he had said, he could not get away from Jenn.
Lennon had come over at some point. Seeing my dusty face, he started lecturing me again, “If you’re injured, rest. Why are you running around? If it gets serious, we won’t have time to take care of you!”
After that, he stepped forward to support Jenn. The two men stood on either side of her, acting like they were a princess’ bodyguards.
A gust of wind blew, and dust got into my eyes, making my tears flow again. They used to protect me like this back then. However, ever since Jenn came into the picture, everything changed. I was just stupid and did not realize it until now.
I followed behind, stepping in the mud. Suddenly, there was a bang, and the beams collapsed again.
I squatted down while clutching my head as if by reflex. The fear of being pressed underground for three days and three nights rushed back to me. I was so nervous that I stammered and desperately screamed for help, “Lennon! Quentin! Save me! Please don’t leave me! I’m here!”
However, there was no sound of footsteps. I only heard them calling out for Jenn.
